Festivals offer a great way to enjoy an afternoon of fun games with your
children, whether it's a school festival, a neighborhood carnival, a church
event or a birthday party. Many festival games are inexpensive, easy to set
up and can be reused from year to year. Plan a variety of games for your
festival, and have plenty of prizes. Bean Bag TossBean Bag Toss is a
festival classic. Cut holes in

Who can resist art festivals? The open market environment brings out all
kinds of artists and art communities with their easels and tents ready to
sell their wares. Although most of us can enjoy and appreciate the skill
involved with artistic endeavors, not many of us can afford to buy a $500
painting or $300 metal sculpture. Don’t despair. You can still leave
the grassy grounds of your fav

Securing a job at an art festival offers you the opportunity to earn cash
while pursuing your artistic interests. Because festivals run for a short
duration, many art festival jobs are temporary, seasonal jobs. However,
management positions or positions that require overseeing an operation may
start a few months before the festival officially begins, and may even
offer a full-time schedule. Jobs a

The Festival of Hermes, called the Hermaia, was held each fall across the
Classical world to honor the god of markets, heraldry and athletics,
Hermes. Commonly depicted as a handsome youth during the Hellenistic
period, Hermes was honored at each year's Hermaia as a patron of sports and
the gymnasium. ParticipantsThe Hermaia was held to honor and pay tribute
to the principal Greek god of athlet

Spoleto Festival USA, commonly known as the Spoleto Festival, is an annual
performing arts festival in Charleston, South Carolina that features
theater, dance, opera and music. The festival takes place at venues
throughout the city during 17 days in late May and early June.
HistorySpoleto Festival was founded in 1977 to coincide with the annual
Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. Pulitzer

"The most thrilling, beguiling, preposterously enjoyable place on Earth."
That was the verdict of the Daily Telegraph after reviewing the Edinburgh
International Festival, held in the Scottish capital every August. It is a
three-week extravaganza of art, opera, dance, classical music and theatre
and attracts artists from across the globe. A not-for-profit organisation,
it receives its funding from

Known by its more common nickname of the Tucson Gem Show, the Tucson Gem,
Mineral and Fossil Showcase is one of the largest events for rock
collectors in the world. The event features more than 40 different shows in
the Tucson area each winter with vendors selling a variety of gems and
other collectible minerals. HistoryThe Tucson Gem Show began as a show
put on by the Tucson Gem and Mineral So

Held in Pensacola, Florida, on the Portofino Boardwalk, the Bushwacker
Festival celebrates live music and the area's most famous cocktail. The
free festival is the largest on the beach each summer and attracts
thousands of visitors. EventsThe festival features live music and a 5K
run.5k image by Byron Moore from Fotolia.comThe three-day long free
festival includes a 5K run and bands on two stag

The Diwali Festival in India is celebrated on Amavasya, or new moon,
between mid-October and mid-November. This festival, also known as the
Festival of Lights, is celebrated for five consecutive days. Diwali, which
means "a row of lamps," is a widely celebrated festival with deep-rooted
traditions based in Indian legends. HistoryLegend from northern India
tells the story of how Diwali marks the

According the travel information website 2Camels.com, mountain man
festivals celebrate and recreate life in the Old West. There are many such
rendezvous throughout the United States where re-enactors dress as mountain
men, explorers, trappers and Indians to carry on the traditions of their
ancestors. LocationsAccording to The Free Library, there are more than
50 annual mountain man events throu